Armchair Politics
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<p>Instead of keeping politics out of sports, we're talking politics like it's sports. Alex Smith, Dr. Christopher Carter, and David Coe sit down and talk about politics and culture through the perspective of sports fans. </p><p></p><p>New Episode every Thursday.</p>
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2/8/2026
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Recent Episodes
July 30, 2026
The Michigan senate race and Medicare for All w/ Nikki Sapiro Vinckier
<p>The Guys sit down with Physicians Assistant and Michigan content creator, Nikki Sapiro Vickier to take the temperature of the Senate race there, talk Medicare for all, and racial disparities in healthcare outcomes. </p><p></p><p>You can find Nikki’s book, We Deserve More: Why Reproductive Healthcare is Broken--And What You Can Do About It on amazon. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>00:00 Home Grown</p><p>1:00 Pre-primary vibes</p><p>2:49 Moving from McMorrow to Abdul El-Sayed</p><p>8:04 Politics is like high school</p><p>9:03 We’ve had enough</p><p>13:07 Trump election changed how woman seek healthcare</p><p>16:26 Codifying Roe isn’t enough</p><p>18:33 Why we need medicare for all</p><p>27:12 Dr Abdul El-Sayed understands racial inequities </p><p>31:09 Gretchen Whitmer’s data center moment</p><p>34:12 Me too movement from a healthcare perspective </p><p>39:26 Abdul is the midwest Mamdani</p><p>41:02 Anti-semitism and islamophobia are the same thing</p><p>46:04 Fixing health disparities in Michigan w/ Kids Rx</p><p>50:19 Why are they running?</p>
July 23, 2026
The Democratic Party’s Odyssey
<p>The guys use Christopher Nolan’s: The Odyssey as a metaphor for the Democratic Party’s journey over the last 100 years. </p><p></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>00:00 Christopher Nolan’s: The Odyssey </p><p>2:17 Right wing backlash to the “woke” film</p><p>5:45 The Democratic Party’s Ithaca was the New Deal</p><p>12:27 Civil Rights period were the man eating giants</p><p>19:19 Reagan is Agamemnon</p><p>22:48 Clinton compromise</p><p>27:55 Circe and the song of corporate money</p><p>36:48 Obama and the lotus flower years</p><p>41:30 Hades represents the politicians that listen</p><p>51:31 We make it home together</p>
July 16, 2026
The Grahams are out. What’s next?
<p>The guys breakdown the ramifications of both Lindsey Graham and Graham Platner being replaced on the ballot in November. They also check in on the centerpiece battle in the Michigan Senate primary between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed. </p><p></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>00:00 The Replacements: the movie</p><p>1:55 The Character Haley Stevens plays</p><p>5:37 Abdul the uncommitted ‘controversy’ </p><p>9:51 Lindsay Graham, a racist warmongering performer</p><p>13:42 Lindsay Graham was Smithers to Trump’s Mr. Burns</p><p>19:51 Sister replacing Graham is normal </p><p>24:35 Can Dr. Annie Andrews actually win South Carolina?</p><p>33:36 Maine Dems are doing it right unlike the DNC in 2024</p><p>43:00 Susan Collins might be in trouble</p><p>44:41 Corporate Dems weaponizing identity politics </p>
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- What is Armchair Politics?
<p>Instead of keeping politics out of sports, we're talking politics like it's sports. Alex Smith, Dr. Christopher Carter, and David Coe sit down and talk about politics and culture through the perspective of sports fans. </p><p></p><p>New Episode every Thursday.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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